TEL AVIV.- Maïa Zer’s paintings are based on the observation of nature, and on an attempt to capture the fleeting and the ephemeral. In the series of portraits and landscape paintings featured in this exhibition, the artist documents her immediat…
Brooklyn Museum Acquires Works from the Series Darfur in Brooklyn by Damian Wampler
BROOKLYN, NY.- Photographer Damian Wampler announced that two prints from the series Darfur in Brooklyn have been acquired by the Brooklyn Museum. One of the prints, Untitled 1 (Kitchen), will be on display in the American Identities galleries on the 5…
Exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts Features Acclaimed Series, The Brown Sisters
BOSTON, MA.- Themes such as the passage of time and the enduring nature of close family relationships are brought into focus in the exhibition Nicholas Nixon: Family Album at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). The show, on view from July 28, 2010, …
Folk-Rock Duo Dean & Britta Take Its Warhol Soundtrack on Tour
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol created nearly 500 “screen tests” — short, silent, filmed portraits of the famous and unknown personalities who made their way through the Factory, Warhol’s Manhattan studio. In 2008, the Andy Wa…
British Culture Minister Barrs Export of Murillo Painting
LONDON.- The Culture Minister has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by the Spanish artist Murillo. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting of The Virgin and Child in the United Kingdom. The Minister’s ruling fo…
Retrospective of Work by Camille Silvy at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- The
first retrospective
exhibition of work by Camille Silvy, one of the greatest French
photographers of
the nineteenth century, will open at the National Portrait Gallery this
summer. Marking the centenary of
Silvy’s death, Ca…
Retrospective of Work by Camille Silvy at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- The
first retrospective
exhibition of work by Camille Silvy, one of the greatest French
photographers of
the nineteenth century, will open at the National Portrait Gallery this
summer. Marking the centenary of
Silvy’s death, Ca…
Rare Needlework Book Cover from the Book of Beauty, 1896 to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A pre-Raphaelite needlework book cover designed for The Book of Beauty: A Collection of Beautiful Portraits with Literary, Artistic and Musical Contributions by Men and Women of the Day, edited by Mrs F Harcourt Williamson and published by Hut…
Irvine Contemporary Presents New Gallery Artist Alexa Meade
WASHINGTON, DC.- Irvine Contemporary presents new gallery artist Alexa Meade and her series of recent photographs during Picture Planes: Robert Mellor & Alexa Meade, June 19 – July 24. Last week, Meade continued her unique portrait series with Anne Go…
New Work by Rineke Dijkstra at Marian Goodman Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Marian Goodman Gallery
presents an
exhibition of new work by Rineke Dijkstra which will run through August
21st. On
view are three new video installations as well as related portraits. In
the
North Gallery the three-channel …